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Lab Develops Artificial Womb

Meowharishi writes: "According to this article at the Observer, scientists from Cornell University have successfully developed the first artificial womb. Embroys successfully attached themselves to the walls of these wombs and began to grow but were terminated to comply with regulations. Developments like this really offer tremendous opportunities for creating a family for those who cannot have children the old fashioned way."

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  1. fp by prizzznecious · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    again? holy shit in an ass!

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  2. I misread the title... by ozric99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ... and thought it was about a lab developing an artificial worm!

    I figured it was something to do with astroturf :-)

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    1. Re:I misread the title... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      mod parent up! That's no score 0 offtopic

  3. I'd rather by pavo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    be grown in a serigate pig than a vat of goo. At least I'd have a mommy

    1. Re:I'd rather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Carrying a fetus has nothing whatsoever to do with being a "mommy", and if you think it does you're seriously f*cked in the head.

      I'm sure all the adopted children out there who have loving parents who actually WANTED them and TOOK CARE of them will be pleased to learn that they didn't have real "mommies", and that they're much worse off than the ones whose "real mommies" didn't give them up for adoption, preferring to neglect, abuse, and molest them.

    2. Re:I'd rather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Screw you... I really liked my mommy neglecting, abusing, and molesting me. It showed she cared. Remember, she could have not cared at all, and just put me up for adoption. You pig mommied bastard...

      Have a nice day.

  4. FINALLY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cmdrtaco can have cowboikneel's gay love child....

    **HOW TOUCHING***

    1. Re:FINALLY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Katz already had cmdrtaco's gay love child, shown here

  5. Re:Am I the only one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes

  6. Re:i am a cornell student by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eh? then whats your gpa mr. smarty pants?

  7. Re:You know, It always puzzled me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And that's just all those horny guys hanging out in bars and clubs...

  8. Re:Pinky by nhavar · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Muslims will do many "Un-Islamic" things (lying, murder, torture, rape, hating, hygenic changes, etc.) in the name of serving Allah and Islam. It's simply another means to an end. Many religious groups at the end of the day (Christians, Muslims, Scientologists) excuse off their poor behavior with excuses of "I did it for...", "I was called to...", etc. The crusaders killed in the name of God, now the muslims kill in the name of Allah because of the crusades. Doing wrong is so easy to justify when you just don't care to be correct.

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  9. mommy was a pig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    in the future when trust-fund revolutionaries say "my mom was a capitalist pig" it won't be metaphor.

    oh brave new world...

  10. Re:Pinky by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Saying Saddam Hussain is a Muslim is like saying Osama bin Ladin is a Muslim.

    Both practice some very un-Koranic things.

    Murder, assasination for both.

    Torture, rape and genocide for Saddam.

    I'm sure if these "wombs" have Saddam an edge he would bust his ass and his nation to get them on-line.

    As for the USA breeding patriotic clones, I don't know that anyone has found a gene for that yet, let me know when they do.

    The United States doesn't push it's way of life, it just gets accepted by everyone. Last I checked, the United States hadn't started a war to push it's culture, not like the United Kingdom did so it could sell opium in China.

    The majority of Americans, including the President and most members of State and Federal elected officals don't care about the rest of the world.

    If Europe and Asia go to American movies and McDonalds, it's not our fault.

  11. Re:Who else... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This from a person whose nick is in AOL l33t SpeLLinG.

  12. Re:Oh No! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    therefore*

  13. Re:i am a cornell student by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Does it matter? He's there, you're not.

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  14. Re:i am a cornell student by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes...it matters.

    And for your information, I attend Oggsford University in Englend

  15. Re:I very rarely get upset at 'flamebait'... by joshyboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amen, brother. That is one of the most truthful, kickass right to the bone posts I've read in a while.

    Keep it up. ;)

  16. Re:Useful for gay "marriages"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yeah, right, a very small percentage of women cant give birth. It's pretty dang obvious that this new "development" will be abused for homosexual/unnatural/immoral purposes. Why dont you just shove your horseshit up your own ass; cockwipe.

  17. 220th comment. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay!!!

  18. Re:Pinky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah...but the best he would be able to muster would be an army of morons ;-)

  19. Re:paging Dr. Frankenstein... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Esp when you think about that there is a REASON why these people can not naturally reproduce!

  20. Re:I very rarely get upset at 'flamebait'... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >'there are a class of people who should not be allowed to reproduce.'

    There is a class of people who should not be allowed to reproduce: people who can't feed their kids.

  21. Re:Alan Thicke. DEAD. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just don't understand, what is the point of contuosly posting this?
    why would you invest time and energy, on something so meaningless?

    please clearify your points.

    -banuaba

  22. Re:I very rarely get upset at 'flamebait'... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    So if a country loses a war, or suffers some other setback, then the population should not only suffer financial loss, their people should simply become quietly extinct. My, what a wonderful outlook.

    Or did you simply mean "I wish those fucking Africans would all die off so those damn aid commercials don't interrupt my football game".